including the Barbican. The pair built homes for themselves on the site of a building damaged in the Second World War. The structure is inserted into a street of stucco-fronted buildings.

Looking at the grey concrete blocks of the sprawling Barbican building from the outside ... of plants climb up and around the concrete structure, and birds, fish, and terrapin turtles live ...

The Barbican is a bonafide London icon ... More details of the £191 million restoration of the Grade-II listed structure have now been revealed, which include upgrades to the lakeside, foyers ...